Re: [PATCH] kernel: irq: Some words replce with better alternatives in the file timings.c

[Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com>]

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On 19:43 Fri 05 Feb 2021, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>Bhaskar,
>
>On Fri, Feb 05 2021 at 17:58, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote:
>
>The correct prefix for this file is:
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>   genirq/timings:
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>which you can find via: git log kernel/irq/timings.c
>
>Also if you send a patch with spelling fixes then you might take care
>that your subject line does not contain spelling mistakes ...

Whoops! good catch ....thanks, Tohomas!
>
>> +	 * ends the sequence as predictable for our purpose. In this
>>  	 * case, assume we have the beginning of a sequence and the
>> -	 * timestamp is the first value. As it is impossible to
>> +	 * timestamps is the first value. As it is impossible to
>
>timestamp is ... is correct
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>>  	 * predict anything at this point, return.
>>  	 *
>> -	 * Note the first timestamp of the sequence will always fall
>> +	 * Note the first timestamps of the sequence will always fall
>
>Same here
>
>>  	 * in this test because the old_ts is zero. That is what we
>> -	 * want as we need another timestamp to compute an interval.
>> +	 * want as we need another timestamps to compute an interval.
>
>And here.
>
>>  	 */
>>  	if (interval >= NSEC_PER_SEC) {
>>  		irqs->count = 0;
>> @@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ static inline void irq_timings_store(int irq, struct irqt_stat *irqs, u64 ts)
>>   * thus the count is reinitialized.
>>   *
>>   * The array of values **must** be browsed in the time direction, the
>> - * timestamp must increase between an element and the next one.
>> + * timestamps must increase between an element and the next one.
>
>No 's' either.
>
>>   *
>>   * Returns a nanosec time based estimation of the earliest interrupt,
>>   * U64_MAX otherwise.
>> @@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ u64 irq_timings_next_event(u64 now)
>>  	 * type but with the cost of extra computation in the
>>  	 * interrupt handler hot path. We choose efficiency.
>>  	 *
>> -	 * Inject measured irq/timestamp to the pattern prediction
>> +	 * Inject measured irq/timestamps to the pattern prediction
>
>This one needs the 's', yes.
>
>>  	 * model while decrementing the counter because we consume the
>>  	 * data from our circular buffer.
>>  	 */
>

Can we please forget that this attempt is ever exists :)

>Thanks,
>
>        tglx

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